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Aviation Disaster Averted in United States: Southwest Airlines, FedEx Aircraft Evade Massive Collision


The Federal Aviation Administration informed that a FedEx cargo plane that was making an attempt to land at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Saturday had to change its path after another plane was given permission to take off from the same runway. It should be mentioned that these instances have been occurring more frequently in American airports. In a different incident two United Airlines planes clipped one other’s wings at Newark Airport recently.

“The pilot of the FedEx airplane discontinued the landing and initiated a climb out,” the FAA said in a statement. The Boeing 767 cargo airplane was several miles from the airport when it was cleared to land, according to the FAA. But just before it was expected to land, an air traffic controller gave the go-ahead for an airplane operated by Southwest Airlines to take off.

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In a tweet on Saturday, the National Transportation Safety Board described it as a “possible runway incursion and overflight involving airplanes from Southwest Airlines and FedEx.” The Southwest flight was able to depart safely, according to the FAA. The FAA and NTSB said they are investigating the incident.

A similar close call was averted at John F. Kennedy International Airport last month after an American Airlines plane crossed a runway while a Delta Airlines’ Boeing 737 plane was preparing for takeoff. The Delta plane stopped about 1,000 feet (about 0.3 kilometers) from where the American Airlines plane had crossed from an adjacent taxiway, according to the FAA statement.

With PTI Inputs





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